Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-06-02

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M Mr.. Hills of Sioux Falls and one failure,
the First National Bank oil Sioux FANS.
The treasurer reported the amount re-
ceiyed S513 and disbursements S5os.
The next meeting OF the ASSOCIATION was
fixed at Redfield, to occnr May 20 ana -;
1888. The following officers were elected
forthe ensuing year:
President, Charles Z. Judd, Canton; first
vice president, Il. G. Anderson. ST. La"
renee; executive council, f. Il, stevens, Hur-
ON: ID. w. Digs, Milbank; +. II. Haggerty,
| Aberdeen; William Taylor, Redfeidi w. H.
Scarret. WATERFOWL; F. NJ. Hopkins, Ros-
coe; b.. A. Wade, Gary; l.. S. Lyon, Fargo
F. b. Garron, Glendale.
Grand Forks appoint committees
to fifty celebrate the Fourth OF July.
Philip Irvinson's entry of the south
east quarter of section 10, township
LOT, range 81. Mitchell. land district,
has been Cancelled by order OF the sec.
rotary of the interior.
Henry Reese, OF Huron, was found
crushed to death in a box car at Sa-
lem. He had left his family at Huron
in destitute circumstances in search
of work.
Henry Maxwell, 70 brakeman OF the
Burlington. Cedar Rapids & Northern
road, was killed by alocomotiye pass
ing over him at Palmer.
Pierre's social circles are greatly ex-
cited by the coming trial of the case
of Mr.. j. T. Drinks VS.. Richardson &
Hollembeck.
A syndicate has been formed at
Blunt with a capital of $4,000 to
develop the a found there.
The Minneapolis flour and ELEVATOR
firm of Christian & Co., will increase
their Dakota ELEVATOR system by inn
mediately erecting between twenty
and thirty elevators on the Northern
| Pacific and branches. The elevators
will be OF about 10000 bushels capac-
ity. They will be completed in time
for a fall crop.
The dry goods firm of E. NJ. Har-
thorne & Son at De Smet, made an
assignment to w. III. Ruth.
Mr.. Yanhill of Pukwana, in trying
| to lead q colt into the stable, was
kicked in the head and killed.
Ground was broken at Fargo for a
10000 barrel tank station of the
STANDARD Oil Company on land donat-
ed by the city. This will be the dis.
tributing station for Northern Mime
sofa and Dokota.
The bank of Canton, a new institu-
ton, with $4,000 capital has opened
its doors for business. This gives
Canton four banks, with an aggregate
capital of S250,00o.
Rev. Charles Porter of Middleton,
Conn, arrived at Huron to take
charge OF Grace Episcopal church.
The contract for puttingin the works
Of the Grand Forks National Gas
company was let to the Chicago
National Gas Light and Fuel COM
pany.
Argus Leonard Special: Frank
hBetz, while blowing, was kicked by a
horse and his skull split open.
John w. Smith, aged twenty-three.
recently OF Minneapolis, lost his life at
Hope by the premature discharge Of a
hercules powder cartridge which he
was sinking to blast rock in an arte-
sian well.
The money has now been all raised
for the new MOTEL at Fargo. The loca-
ton is on Roberts street and Second
avenue, one block west of where the
Continental hotelformerly stood. The
hotel will cost about 500, 900 and is
much needed.
The Dakota Guarantee Savings
bank OF Fargo has opened its doors.
This is the first savings bank charter
ed by this territory.
The town site of Mound City, Camp
bell county, has been transferred to
the Chicago & Northwestern. The
latter agrees to have trains running
to Mound City before Jan. /. and will
build north from Gettysburg, Potter
county, as soon as its line is extended
to that point from Faulkton.
Jerry NJ. Tuohy, clerk OF court OF
Pembina county, who has been
at the point OF death at st. Joseph's
hospital, st. Paul, is slowly recover.
ing. His physicians say he will soon
be about, but that he must never un.
dergo excitement, as a relapse would
be dangerous.
A freight train westward bound, at
Norwich, twelve miles east of Minot,
left the track. causing the death OF
Engineer Posey Miller and Brakeman
Lou Brainard. The accident was
caused by the displacement of a switch.
Enoch Morris OF New Clark, in a fit
OF dependency, blew out his brains
with a shotgun.
Martin Furlong is reported to have
waylaid and nearly killed his brother.
inlaw, John Doyle, at Blunt. DOYLE
is a section boss on the Northwestern
road. and lives at Norbet.
A meeting of the creditors of the
lately defunct Fargo Insurance Com.
pany was held In Sioux Falls. ONLY
500 in assets could be found with
which to ilquidate a debt o. S125,O 600.
Officers OF the company there say that
Secretary Lowell of Chicago, misap-
p~ropriated 500, 600 OF the compangs
funds.
]. F. Dorcy has resigned as foreman
OF the Northern Pacific boiler shops in
Fargo, and one hundred and fifty OF
the employees OF the road presented
him with an elegant gold watch and
chain.
At Alexandria, Currents a gricultura
warehouse and Clark's livery barn
were burned. Loss, S1O.50O; IN.
sured for $4,000. The town had a
marrow escape romtotaldestruction
A freight brakeman, Henry Max.
well, while attempting to board an
engine on the Burlington, Cedar Ran.
Ids d Northern railway at Palmer.
twelve miles east OF Mitchell, was run
over and so severely injured that he
died in an hour. His brother liz a
conductor on the east end OF the Bur
l%ington, Cedar Rapids & and North. !
ern. His remains were sem to his
home at La Crosse, Wis.